Ricardo Banks - Men's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Ricardo Banks

Sr./Sr. | 6-2 | Mid-Distance | Houston, Texas | Cypress Falls HS/Arkansas-Little Rock

Junior (2022)
Outdoor: Posted an outdoor best time of 1:50.46 for third in 800m at Arkansas Twilight … Member of Razorback 4 x 800 third place team at Texas Relays, splitting 1:51.36 on third leg carry … Anchored 4 x 800 relay (1:53.44 split) as Arkansas placed seventh in Penn Relays (7:26.53) … Ran 50.86 in 400m at John McDonnell Invitational.

Indoor: Member of SEC Indoor silver medal distance medley relay, splitting 1:50.89 on third leg, as Arkansas ran 9:31.57 … Set an indoor best of 1:49.08 to place fourth in 800m at Tyson Invitational, his third PR of the indoor season … Opened with a best of 1:52.77 as runner-up in Arkansas Invitational … Improved to 1:52.24 in Razorback Invitational … Posted a 1:49.33 to place fourth in Arkansas Qualifier.

College
Arkansas-Little Rock – Placed fourth in the Sun Belt Conference 800m twice during 2021 season, indoors (1:54.18) and outdoors (1:52.08) … Equaled outdoor UALR school record of 1:50.82 in prelims of conference meet … Competed on 4×400 and distance medley relays in Sun Belt Championships … As a freshman, finished seventh in mile at Sun Belt Indoor with best of 4:28.38 … Collegiate best times also include 50.02 (400m) and 4:05.90 (1,500m) … Competing in cross country, placed 31st in 2019 Sun Belt Conference meet.

High School
2018 graduate of Cypress Falls High School in Houston, Texas … Placed fourth in 3,000m with career best of 9:27.80 at 2016 AAU Junior Olympics … In 2018, placed second in 1,600 and third in 3,200 in District 17-6A, then placed second in 3,200 at Area meet and 15th in Region III-6A … Established two mile best of 9:45.86 as runner-up in Texas A&M Indoor Classic … High school best marks included 4:37.75 (mile), 9:45.86 (two mile) indoors, as well as 4:19.41 (1500), 4:30.82 (1600), 9:45.07 (3200) outdoors.

Career best marks

Indoor

800 | 1:49.08

Mile | 4:28.38

600 | 1:23.00

Outdoor

800 | 1:50.46

1,500 | 4:05.90

400 | 50.02